The story
- Proto-Indo-European*perḱ-
- Proto-Germanic*furhs
- Old Norsefor
- Old Norsedys
- Old Norse*Fordys
- English todayFordyce
Derived from Old Norse *Fordys, from for (“furrow”) + dys (“grave mound, cairn”). The term is often claimed to be a borrowing from Scottish Gaelic or to be derived from Scottish Gaelic in some way, but little evidence supports this.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.